The Opera Kelowna Society is a registered non-profit professional opera company and training centre for promising operatic artists.
Description
Join us in the central courtyard of UBC’s Okanagan campus for an outdoor evening concert featuring a quartet of professional opera singers. Our artists will perform favourite songs from well-known operas, as well as a music of other genres and perhaps a surprise performance or two!
Bring your favourite blanket or festival chairs and settle on the lawn for a glorious evening under the stars. Guests are welcome to bring their own picnic and refreshments, but no outside alcohol is permitted on site.
maximum 4 tickets per order.
Event details
- Site opens at 6:30 pm
- Performance begins at 8:00 pm and will run a little over one hour.
- Refreshments: Midtown Station Food + Drink has prepared picnic boxes that you can pre-order with your registration or the week of June 30, and pick up when you arrive. (details below)
- Parking: Parking will be free across campus beginning at 6:00 pm.
- Accessibility needs? Golf cart transport will be available from the parking lots E, F and H. Please ensure you arrive early if you require this special service as there may be a wait. If you have accessibility questions, please email operations@operakelowna.com.
- Washrooms are available throughout the evening in the Faculty of Arts building.
Elevate your experience
Add to your night on campus with an OPUS Elevated Experience, beginning at 6:45 pm at the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies building and featuring:
- Evening access to the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies’ UBC Okanagan Gallery exhibition Troubling Times: Traces, Portals and Groundings. The exhibition highlights works from The Troublemakers art collective. The Troublemakers consists of Peter Morin, Justine Woods and Nicole Neidhardt, and traces out ancestral lines in skin, fabric and light-captured with digital devices to reflect distinct experiences with family, heritage and the passing of time. This exhibition is part of the Indigenous Art Intensive.
- A pre-concert reception with community leaders sponsored by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, featuring local wines and beverages, and refreshments from Midtown Station Kitchen
- An escort to reserved, chaired-seating for the concert
Limited tickets for this experience are available at $80 each. Tickets must be purchased with OPUS registration.
Picnic Boxes (main courtyard)
If you're booking general registration and don’t plan to pack your own picnic, Midtown Station will do it for you! Pre-purchase when you register for tickets and simply pick up when you arrive. Prices includes all tax and fees.
Please note that attendee names will be shared with UBC Alumni.
Please note that there are no refunds on Elevated Experience tickets or picnic boxes.
Food and beverage purchases are licensed under Midtown Station Food + Drink #306827.
By completing registration you affirm your understanding that attendee information will be shared with both Opera Kelowna and UBC's Okanagan Campus.
If you have any questions please contact us at 778-721-5341 or operations@operakelowna.com
Date & Time
Thu., Jul. 10, 2025 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Venue Details
UBC Okanagan
3333 University WayKelowna, British Columbia V1V 1V7
Opera Kelowna